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[Entwood]

This link does both discs/pads and the handbrake system

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750

[Marks DTM Calib]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Hmm....it just says "now you can adjust the handbrake cable...."

Nevermind, I'm sure that I'll figure it out when I'm under the cars. I'm used to adjusting the cable at the handbrake end, rather than the barke end.

Yes, best read the guide.

The first thing it says to do is slacken the handbrake cable......the final stage is 'now you can adjust the handbrake cable....'

The key thing is that the cable is slack for all the other operations because the adjusters set the shoe to drum clearance.....th cable then simply applies the shoes. Trouble is that many cowboys just tighten the handbrake cable (because its easy) up which you shouldn't do on ANY shoe based handbrake setup!

[Marks DTM Calib]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Hmm....it just says "now you can adjust the handbrake cable...."

Nevermind, I'm sure that I'll figure it out when I'm under the cars. I'm used to adjusting the cable at the handbrake end, rather than the barke end.

basic proceedure is
- remove heatshields under car - Plusgas recommended to avoid shearing studs)
- slaken off under car (may already be slack with handbrake off)
- adjust at each rear wheel so the shoes are just off the drum
- tighten under car so lever comes on at an appropriate number of clicks

..strange I thought Marks guide covered this :-/

The problem I have never reaslly successfully dealt with is that setting the central adjuster such that it is just starting to bite at 3 clicks (ie notice some resistance when spinning the wheels), still means that I have to pull the handbrake up to my armpit to get it to hold the car on a hill.

I would welcome any enlightenment

If set right it should be fully on at about 7 clicks.

Did you fully strip the handbrake setup and then set the shoe adjusters so you could just feel a little drag?

[ians]

Mark,

I didn't actually remove the shoes (which had plenty of lining) but did adjust the shoes as described at the knurled wheel.

[TECHNOPUG]

Well my Black Diamond pads never arrived.......so whilst I was at the dealers getting some filters, I enquired about pads.
Was told the same on the phone - only do Disc & Pads as a set and they are £200+.....

....however, in person, they only charged me £80! Apparently they were the last on the shelf and they just wanted shot of them - I think that the dealers in Colchester (Underwoods) are getting rid of Vauxhall and moving to Peugeot, Saab, Hynudai etc - the guy sold me everything at trade price - bit of a result.

Didn't get to fit the brakes though as I managed to destroy my trolley-jack.......

[Marks DTM Calib]

Mark,

I didn't actually remove the shoes (which had plenty of lining) but did adjust the shoes as described at the knurled wheel.

In which case you may have a siezed/tight pivot on the actuator arm or maybe the cable seized to the actuator.